set rcsid {$Id: copyright.tcl,v 1.1 2004/05/31 16:04:08 drh Exp $}source common.tclheader {SQLite Copyright}puts {<h2>SQLite Copyright</h2><p>The original author of SQLite has dedicated the code to the public domain.Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distributethe original SQLite code, either in source code form or as a compiled binary,for any purpose, commerical or non-commerical, and by any means.</p><h2>Contributed Code</h2><p>In order to keep SQLite complete free and unencumbered by copyright,other contributors to the SQLite code base are asked to likewise dedicatetheir contributions to the public domain.If you want to send a patch or enhancement for possible inclusion in theSQLite source tree, please accompany the patch with the following statement:</p><blockquote><i>The author or authors of this code dedicate any and all copyright interestin this code to the public domain.  We make this dedication for the benefitof the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors.We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment inperpetuity of all present and future rights this code under copyright law.</i></blockquote><p>Regrettably, as of 2003 October 20,we will no longer be able to accept patches or changes to SQLite that are not accompanied by a statement such as the above.In addition, if you makechanges or enhancements as an employee, then a simple statement such as theabove is insufficient.  You must also send by surface mail a copyright releasesigned by a company officer.A signed original of the copyright release should be mailed to:</p><blockquote>Hwaci<br>6200 Maple Cove Lane<br>Charlotte, NC 28269<br>USA</blockquote><p>A template copyright release is availablein <a href="copyright-release.pdf">PDF</a> or<a href="copyright-release.html">HTML</a>.You can use this release to make future changes.  If you have contributedchanges or enhancements to SQLite in the past, and have not already doneso, you are invited to complete and sign a copy of the template and mailit to the address above.</p>}footer $rcsid